Voices in Texts and Contexts (Sunway Academe) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9675492554 ISBN 13: 9789675492556

Publisher: Sunway University Press, 2022

Synopsis

Voices in Texts and Contexts 'presents different perspectives of voice, a concept emerging from language choices, social and cultural phenomena, and psychology. In weaving a tapestry of linguistic experiences, from analyses of language phenomena including localised English to explanations of human behaviour, this book offers insights into how we use language, construct discourse, and express ourselves in light of selected texts and specific contexts.

Voice is a fundamental instrument to interpret human behaviour and the mind. In this book, readers will learn about uses of language, or perceptions of uses, and a wide range of messages enshrined therein.

This book grew out of the 6th and 7th International Conferences on Discourse and Society organised by the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. It contains chapters that give special focus to Malaysia at the macro level - such as the naming of disabled people, mastery of the Malay language by migrants, loanwords of Sanskrit origin in Malaysian - as well contributions by invited scholars whose academic interests intersect with the theme of the volume. It 'is suitable for scholars, educators, researchers, and the interested general public.

Table of Contents

• About the Contributors
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction - Toshiko Yamaguchi
• Voices of Migrant Workers in a Community of Practice: A Study of Bangladeshi Migrants Use of the Malay Language in Malaysia - Tanzeel Chowdhury Lee Luan Ng
• Voices of Concern Amongst Teachers on the Academic Performance of Foster Children - Cherish How Jariah Mohd Jan
• Understanding and Applying the Critical Academic Voice: Bridging Theory and Practice - Stephen J. Hall
• Multi-Ethnic Voices of Loanwords in the Malaysian Dailies - Manjit Kaur Balwant Singh
• Voices in the Naming of Disabled Persons in Print Media - Pei Soo Ang Siang Lee Yeo
• Voices of Fear: Nightmare Landscapes in Western Fantasy Literature and Fantastic Painting - El?bieta Chrzanowska-Kluczewska
• Translating English Political Discourse into Arabic: Roles of Translator, Context, and Voice - Kais Amir Kadhim
• Investigating the Shift in Voice and Rhetoric of United States Administrations Regarding the Middle East 20012016 - Mourhaf Kazzaz
• Critically Negotiating British and American Englishes: Voices from Indonesia - Ribut Wahyudi
• Index

About this title

About the Author

Toshiko Yamaguchi is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, and teaches linguistics to postgraduate students. In her earlier academic career, her research centred on synchronic and diachronic aspects of the Japanese language. She is currently engaged in two book projects, both concerning second language or L2 users/learners: one on Japanese English grammar and the other on Japanese linguistics for L2 learners.

Jariah Mohd Jan is an Associate Professor at the Department of English Language and former Dean at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya. Her main area of research specialisation is sociolinguistics, and she has published widely on gender and power in relation to language, pragmatics, and discourse. Her recent research interest and publications focus on (im)politeness, speech acts, women and leadership, discourse at the workplace, academic concerns of children in foster care, and language and culture of the Kerinchi community.

Sheena Kaur is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, and currently Deputy Dean of Postgraduate Studies. She obtained her doctoral degree in Applied Linguistics from Lancaster University. Her research interests include applied linguistics, internationalisation of higher education, sociolinguistics, and the use of corpus methodology. She has presented at several national and international conferences and is a reviewer for several journals. Her most recent publications include a commentary on the coronavirus pandemic in Malaysia in the journal Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sunway University Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9675492554
• ISBN 13: 9789675492556
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Yamaguchi Toshiko, Jariah Mohd Jan, Kaur Sheena